September 26-28,
2025

Kimball Arts Center

1757 N Kimball Ave
Chicago, IL 60647

The Design Summit for Friends of Friends is an interdisciplinary and intergenerational event that brings like-minded creatives together for meaningful conversations about leveraging design to make positive change.

Presenters

DJ Finding Ijeoma

DJ Finding Ijeoma


Michael & Martellus Bennett

Michael & Martellus Bennett


Lauren M. Pacheco

Lauren M. Pacheco


DJ Lori Branch & Lady D

DJ Lori Branch & Lady D

Leah Wulfman

Leah Wulfman



Design Summit Advisory Committee

Lucy Angel Camarena
Davey Friday
Steffe Harwood
Gabriel Moreno
Anthony Moseley

Nadine Nakanishi
Karen Nelson
Joshua Son
Craig Stevenson
Tanner Woodford

Mobile Makers Team and Board Members

Maya Bird-Murphy
Maliq Cherry
Georgina Bowman
Nicole Pokorny
DaMario Walker-Brown

Kim Lovely
Dave Pabellon


Sponsors


Official Partner Program


Ally Level


Buddy Level

In-Kind